What is this for?
This are my default definitions for plotting and working effective with gnuplot.
Installation
Too install the templates just store is somewhere on your computer and let Gnuplot know about it. I store these file in the Application Support Folder. To do same type and execute following in the console:
$ cd ~/Library/Application Support/
$ git clone https://github.com/hesstobi/Gnuplot-Templates.git Gnuplot
And than add this folder to the GNUPLOT_LIB Enviroment Variable by adding following line to your .bash_profile
export GNUPLOT_LIB="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Gnuplot:$GNUPLOT_LIB"
Usage
Essentials Defaults
All essential default are saved in the default.gp and the layout-default.gp. Simple
load 'defaults.gp'
to use the settings. Here is example plot with this layout:
Settings
You can easily change some settings by defining the following variables before you load the defaults
- TEXTCOLOR
- GRIDCOLOR
- LINEWIDTH
- POINTSIZE
- LOCALE
The LOCALE is set by default to the $LANG environment variable. By over writing the value the decimalsign and foramting of dates is adapted.
Labels
For better control over the position of the x and y-labels there predefined labels for each axes.
| Axes | Label-ID |
|---|---|
| x | 100 |
| x2 | 101 |
| y | 200 |
| y2 | 201 |
Use them in conjunction with bmargin, tmargin, rmargin and lmargin
Line Types
Since Gnuplot 5.0 the color and the dash-type are separated in the settings. To use dashes lines just define the dashtype in the plot command.
For plot with points or linepoints some nice point-types are preset in the line-type definition. To overwrite these just define the pointtype in the plot command
Exambles
Color Themes
This Templates are including a nice set of different color themes. To use one of them run
load 'colors-[theme].gp'
More Layouts
The pictures showes the predefiend layouts of this template set. To use one of them run
load 'layout-[layout].gp'
The layout-default is load with the defaults.gp
Latex
By loading latex.gp the format is set to \\num{%g} and these label function are set:
